How to Use disarm in a Sentence

disarm

verb

• It took more than an hour to disarm the bomb.
• The terrorists have refused to disarm.
• The government has been unsuccessful at disarming the rebels.
• The 68-year-old man tried to disarm Liu and was also stabbed.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2022
• This works with Alexa to arm and disarm the alarms or just to check the status of the system.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 12 May 2021
• With that, Fin lunges at the boy to try and disarm him, but the gun goes off amid the struggle.
  — Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024
• Police said two men helped to disarm Aldrich the night of the shooting.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 22 Feb. 2023
• Use the key to reverse the lock the shackle to disarm the alarm for travel.
  — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 9 Dec. 2022
• Even nearer the end of the book, Smith begins to disarm this fear.
  — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
• The footage shows the man tackle Calhoun, disarm him and shoot him.
  — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 12 June 2020
• The sheriff said the pastor was armed, but the suspect was able to disarm him.
  — CBS News, 3 Jan. 2021
• The two deputies managed to disarm and subdue the suspect.
  — Thomas Lake, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2023
• In a grim tactic, the men in the church use a body as a decoy to disarm the attackers, and rush out.
  — Steffan Triplett, Vulture, 16 May 2021
• The Democrats had a chance to disarm this ticking time bomb during the lame-duck session but chose not to.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 14 Jan. 2023
• The pastor was armed and drew his firearm, but the suspect lunged at the pastor and was able to disarm him, the sheriff said.
  — Author: Dana Branham, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Jan. 2021
• That’s why the first thing that all tyrants do is disarm the people, just like Chavez did when he was first elected.
  — Emma Colton, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2024
• Roland disarmed one of robbers and shot him in the leg before the other two attacked him.
  — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2023
• The driver was found with a pistol in his front right pocket and was disarmed.
  — Jason Wolf, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024
• Democrats have a chance to disarm this gun before McCarthy and his colleagues place it to the side of the nation’s head in a few months.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2022
• But for all of the momentum, the calls to disarm police have been met with many hurdles.
  — oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2020
• When a white man allegedly tried to disarm a Black man, a gun went off and a firefight broke out.
  — Wsj Staff, WSJ, 28 May 2021
• Cheng, 52, charged the suspect and tried to disarm him allowing others to jump in, Barnes said.
  — Byjulia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 May 2022
• It’s sort of our duty to try to disarm this a bit and process it so people can move through their fear and anger to a degree.
  — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2021
• She’s best friends with the white chief of police, who is played with disarming charm by Don Johnson.
  — Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books, 24 Mar. 2020
• On the right, there is more bravado: calls to disarm Gaza, and to suppress Israeli Arabs as a fifth column.
  — Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 21 May 2021
• The neighbor was able to disarm Nguyen, who then jumped in a white Toyota Sienna minivan and fled the area.
  — Paul Best, Fox News, 2 May 2022
• Sometimes the poem will disarm you with a self-conscious joke: Books?
  — New York Times, 6 Sep. 2021
• Pair it with your Alexa devices to arm and disarm the system without getting out of bed.
  — Ellen McAlpine, CNN Underscored, 13 Oct. 2020
• Ani is one of HQ’s best girls, and Madison plays her with a bawdy effrontery and a disarming grin that seems to widen by a mile under neon lights.
  — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
• Two witnesses reportedly restrained Sloan after the attack and disarmed her while others applied first aid to Daffron.
  — Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024